A Nakuru activist has accused county assembly members of being more focused on servicing their mortgages instead of serving the people.
Nakuru human rights network (NAHURINET) Director David Kuria claimed that majority of MCAs took huge mortgages once they assumed office, and have been finding alternative ways of paying the mortgages since their salaries are not enough.
Speaking at Public forum at Bahati chief’s camp on Tuesday, Kuria said that the MCAs have very little time to meet and serve the people who elected them, since most of them are more focused on looking for wealth.
“The cars you see these MCAs driving around were bought through mortgages, the houses they acquired were financed by mortgages and most of them are more focused on finding alternative ways of surviving since all their salaries are taken by mortgage firms,” said Kuria.
“We have been telling them that their absence is worrying people but they seem not to care because they are in office and after five years they will have made enough money and they have nothing to lose even if they don’t get re-elected,” added Kuria.
Kuria added that most MCAs have given development a back seat, and warned them of a backlash from voters in 2017 should they fail to change.
During the forum, members of the public complained about how hard it has become to access an MCAs because most of the times they cannot be found in their offices.
“The people we elected as MCAs have become too busy and we just wonder who they are serving if they cannot be reached, we want them to come back on the ground and do the work we elected them to do,” said Nderitu John, a resident of Bahati ward.